Where does “裏返す” come from?

裏返す (Japanese) comes from Japanese 裏, from Japanese 裏切り, from Japanese 切る — to cut, to slice, to carve; cut down, fell, chop...

裏返す (Japanese): to reverse something, to turn something over, to...

Definitions

  1. to reverse something, to turn something over, to...

Ancestry of “裏返す”, step by step

裏返す traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Japanese 裏

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese裏back; behind; other side; inside; reverse side of...
2Japanese裏切りtreachery, betrayal
3Japanese切るto cut, to slice, to carve; cut down, fell, chop...

via Japanese 返す

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Japanese返すto return; to repeat, to redo
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